It's been a big week for me in many ways - just back from Australia, I spent the week getting my visas and other stuff done for the big Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam - China trip on which I'm currently embarked (sitting in the airport in Kuala Lumpur, waiting for my connecting flight to Phnom Penh right now).
Put my life back in boxes and shipped it off to the U.S. on Friday, and will be living out of a backpack the next month as I fly, float, and ride trains all around Asia.
Saturday was a big rugby day - a 10s tournament that my team hosted in Jakarta, 24 teams, 80+ games... My squad went all the way to the semi-finals, and then lost a tight match against the Singapore Wanderers, but I absolutely played my best rugby of the year in that final game and can honestly say I was happy with my own performance (and that of my awesome teammates) although not the final score.
While all this was going on, I also managed to get my latest short fiction, Lethargica, up on Amazon, and will be setting up a KDP Select "Free" promotion this coming weekend to launch it.
WRITING
No goals accomplished this week. My focus for the coming week will be to work on The Artillerists and Merry Christmas, Mister Washington, thus completing the war-story quartet that will comprise my first short fiction collection, along with the previously-published Seven Lives to Repay Our Country and Lethargica.
PUBLISHING
- Publish Lethargica - Done!
ARTISTIC
- Bonus! Completed the draft cover art for The Notorious Mister Wickham... Comments are much appreciated!
FITNESS
- I think my 80 minutes of hard-hitting rugby on Saturday fulfilled my quota for the week!
LANGUAGE
- Didn't quite get in an hour a day, but I did work on this... Sadly, my language studies have turned out to be one of the most difficult tasks to stay focused on in the midst of my travels.
NETWORKING
- "Author Karma" - all caught up on FB page "likes" - will start working on other items this week!
- Off track on my goal of building my “Core Group” to 25 people - so will commit to sending out 10 invitations this week! Would you like to join? If so, send me a note or leave a comment and I'll get you added in... Advance copies of my latest works - who wants some?
- Bonus! Built my Klout score to 49, and gave out all my +K's for the week.
Well, that's enough for now - time to use my laptop battery for some serious writing!
Best wishes to all for a happy and productive week,
Edward
Hey Edward. Wow you've been pretty busy! Congrats on all you've accomplished. Re the cover, I have to say it's not my cup of tea in that it wouldn't get me interested enough to read what the book was about. But it might be a genre thing? I am a horror/fantasy/paranormal reader so our covers are quite different. I have chosen my model/background not, if you're interested, you comments are welcomed. :)
ReplyDeleteIgnore my request to come see the covers - you already did - only just found your comment. :) Thanks Edward. X
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